Devi Enjoying The Big Enclosure With New Enrichment at Golden Hour (Taken 2.11.22) |
I feel like I had a whole bunch of interesting things to share, but now I'm just ready to finish up my work for the night and get some sleep. My day was chill per usual. Darren and I went to San Diego Pretzel Company so we'll have munchies on Sunday should we end up watching the game with my parents and then I walked around the San Diego Zoo for the final hour before close. The hippos were back on habitat, but I couldn't really identify any work that had been done, except maybe they rewired the barricades that jerky kids love to climb, resulting in them snapping often. I go by the orangs often to check on the baby boy, but apparently he won't be out for at least a few more weeks as Indah continues to recovery and learns how to mom again. I did a full lap of the Zoo and by the time I got to Mawe, the now 2 month old giraffe, she started going nuts and galloping all over the enclosure and then I called it a day.
I've been thinking about COVID a lot lately. Now that everyone can get accessible tests again and the state drops mask mandates for vaccinated (which means everyone because the unvaxxed never complied in the first place) many are acting like this is all over. Meanwhile, San Diego County still reported over 2000 new cases today, and there were still almost 3000 new deaths in the US. When we had the tiered system in California, it was very clear what would happen when cases got too high or hospitals got too full. But after vaccines, those metrics got a lot more murky because vaccinated and unvaccinated people are just not even in the same ballpark. It was a critical miscalculation to assume that everyone would be clamoring for vaccines, and with the US hovering around 65% vaccinated, some physicians are now asking for "onramps", i.e. metrics to use if and when future surges of known or unknown variants return. And we did this dance before so we know it is likely. As summer 2021 came around and things got warm, cases dropped as it was believed everyone would just do stuff outside and avoid indoors, then cases rose and it was said that it was because it was too hot, so everyone moved back inside for air conditioning. And then it was because things cooled down for fall. And then it was because the holidays. And now we declare victory even though our cases are still higher than delta peaks and because we tried to vaccinate everyone so now if you're unvaxxed and you die, I guess the government has joined many who feel like you had your chance and as the right loves to say, fuck around and find out. I hope that California - whether that be Governor Newsom or Dr. Ghaly or Dr. Pan or Dr Aragon - clearly define these off- and on-ramps or else we're just throwing our hands up and declaring we're done and we're just cool with 3,000 deaths a day.
Stay safe out there.
- COVID-19:
- Physicians: Let's build on-ramps for next COVID-19 surges, too - Becker's Hospital Review (2.10.22)
- California to soon begin ‘endemic’ approach to pandemic - AP News (2.10.22)
- Most vulnerable still in jeopardy as COVID precautions ease - AP News (2.10.22)
- Omicron crushed delta in the U.S. These numbers show just how fast it happened. The highly contagious coronavirus variant rose to U.S. dominance four times faster than delta - Nature (2.10.22)
- CDC MMWR:
- Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection — California, February–December 2021 - MMWR (2.11.22)
- Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants: Predominance of the Delta (B.1.617.2) and Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variants — United States, June 2021–January 2022
- Politics:
- Black Farmer Takes Action In Fight Over Stalled $4 Billion Relief Funding, Calls Boycott - AgriMarketing (2.9.22)
- Governor Newsom Signs $1.9 Billion COVID Package to Bolster State’s Ongoing Emergency Response - Office of Governor Newsom (2.10.22)
- 3 former Hawaii-based contractors indicted for allegedly making illegal campaign donations (to Senator Susan Collins, R-ME) - Hawaii News Now (2.10.22)
- Board Takes Action to Balance Housing and Climate Action - County News Center (2.10.22)
- Trucker-Led Protests Simmer in Canada, Overseas, and Online - Wired (2.8.22)
- News:
- Bipartisan group of senators announces deal on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act - USA Today (2.9.22)
- Hundreds Find Hope in San Diego's New East Village Affordable-Housing Tower. The 14-story, 407-apartment tower is expected to be an affordable home for 500 people or more. - NBC San Diego (2.10.22)
- San Diego’s Sidewalk Vending Rules Are Finally Heading to Council. Despite having different needs, businesses, community members and street vendors have anxiously waited for the city to adopt an ordinance that regulates and clarifies how the micro-businesses operate on San Diego’s sidewalks. - Voice of San Diego (2.10.22)
- Government:
- White House
- Readout of Black Mental Health Roundtable
- Readout of the President and Vice President’s Meeting with Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats
- Readout of Roundtable Discussion with Cabinet Officials
- Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate
- Remarks by President Biden on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Work to Lower Healthcare Costs
- President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to Attend the Bicentennial Celebration of the Arrival of the First Free Black Americans to the Republic of Liberia
- Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Houthi Attack Against Saudi Arabia
- PRICES WEEK FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Plan to Boost the Capacity of the Economy and Lower Costs for Working Families
- Statement by President Biden on January Consumer Price Index Report
- Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the United States Hosting APEC in 2023
- Readout from NSC Spokesperson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Meeting with Israeli National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata
- Dept of Defense
- Austin Speaks Out on Importance of Diversity in White House Roundtable
- Interior
- Deputy Secretary Beaudreau Highlights Bipartisan Infrastructure Investments in Water Infrastructure and Ecosystem Restoration During Utah Visit
- State Dept
- Dept of Justice
- Former Government Contractor Executives Indicted for Unlawful Campaign Contributions
- Labor
- Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
- 2022 Summer Data Challenge offers researchers funding to study how federal labor policies, protections, programs reach underserved communities
- US Department of Labor seeks to advance equity for Black women facing lower wages, less opportunity exacerbated by the pandemic
- Global COVID-19 Stats (JHU 2.10.22 11:21pm):
- 406,057,803 Known Cases/85,180,346 28-Day New Cases
- 5,790,100 Known Deaths/263,734 28-Day New Deaths
- US COVID-19 Stats
- CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Data Tracker
- American Academy of Pediatrics Children and COVID-19 Dashboard
- JHU
- 77,436,533 Cases/13,203,631 28 Day New Cases
- 915,617 Deaths/65,441 28-Day New Deaths
- CDC Data Tracker:
- +202,001 New Cases/77,179,255 Known Cases
- 2,869 New Deaths/910,373 Known Deaths
- 674,675,725 Doses Delivered
- 545,477,120 Doses Administered
- 251,655,172 Partially Vaccinated
- 213,430,434 Fully Vaccinated
- 64.3% of Total Population
- 68.3% of Population ≥ 5 Years of Age
- 72.9% of Population ≥ 12 Years of Age
- 74.5% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
- 90,852,670 Boosters (42.6%)
- California COVID-19 Stats:
- State of California Safe Schools For All Hub
- Vaccination progress dashboard
- Coronavirus: Resources for Californians
- R-effective: 0.67
- 82,680,955 Doses Delivered/70,454,894 Doses Administered
- 3,307,312 Partially Vaccinated/27,771,039 Fully Vaccinated
- 13,461,648 Boosters Administered (55.2%)
- 14,831 New Cases/8,181,224 Total Cases (75.1 new cases/100k)
- 162 New Deaths/81,074 Total Deaths (0.4 new deaths/100k)
- 8.6% 7-day test positivity rate
- 9,707 COVID-19 Hospitalizations (-302 patients, -3.0% from prior day)
- 1,902 COVID-19 ICU hospitalized in CA (-56 patients, -2.9% from prior day)
- 1,557 ICU beds available (-22 from prior day)
- San Diego County
- Free Testing Sites and Schedule in San Diego
- Vaccination Locations San Diego
- Vaccination Dashboard
- COVID ActNow Daily Updates for San Diego Metro
- San Diego Unified School District COVID Dashboard
- State Data:
- R-effective: 0.55
- County Data:
- 2,326 New Cases/721,390 Total Cases
- 17 New Daily Deaths/4,871 Total Deaths
- 14.6% 7-day average
- +16 Day Over Day COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- +2 Day Over Day COVID-19 ICU Patients
- Universities:
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